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		Chris2048 3 days ago \| parent \| favorite \| on: Mathematicians Catch a Pattern by Figuring Out How... Possibly that it doesn't seem to warrant an entirely new name? that "shifted geometric progression" or something might as well do.

pure-awesome 2 days ago

See my other response to rini17 for more info.

But yeah, seems to me these "shifted geometric progressions" are actually just a special case of a more general concept of a "polynomial progression".

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